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Saturday, 16 January 2016

Fayose cautions Buhari over probe of military chiefs, says "$2.1bn arms deal is a scam"

Read the press statement from Ekiti state government below...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has advised President
Mohammadu Buhari on his order for 18 Military Generals to be probed by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged
involvement in the $2.1 billion arms deal.

Teacher who ran a 'baby fight club' in her classroom, found guilty of child cruelty & convicted

A daycare teacher who turned her classroom into what has
been described as a “baby fight club”, has been found guilty of child
cruelty and could spend years in prison. Sarah Jordan was convicted on more than a dozen charges. In
her classroom, she tripped children, stepped on their toes, encouraged
them to fight each other and sprayed them in the face with a hose. She
created a tense environment for the students and this has caused huge
emotional damage to them.

Senate replies Bisi Akande, says he has got it all wrong again

The Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs has released a statement replying the former Chairman of APC over his statement about the senate and the missing 2016 budget. While speaking at an event in his home yesterday, Akanda said that the missing budget was an indication of the indiscipline that produced the leadership of the senate. The statement from the Senate after the cut...

Photos: Adaeze Yobo Twerks her butt off in new Instagram video

Now we have seen one of the sexy things that made
Footballer Joseph Yobo fall in love with his former beauty queen wife,
Adaeze Yobo. Lol. She shared a video of herself twerking and her twerk
game is strong! Video is on her Instagram Page - See more
screenshots and the video after the cut..

Photo: Obasanjo graduates from National Open University of Nigeria

Former
President Olusegun Obasanjo was awarded a Masters Degree (MA) in
Christian Theology by the management of the National Open University of
Nigeria (NOUN) at its fifth convocation ceremony held at its permanent
site in Abuja today January 16th. He graduated with 4.25 Cumulative
Grade Points Average (CGPA) at Abeokuta Study Centre of the University.Read more >>

Photo: 9 year old girl raped to death in Rivers state

A 9 year old girl simply identified as Miracle was allegedly raped to death by unidentified persons at the Elele Roundabout in Elele Community of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Wednesday January 13th. Photo above shows women in the community weeping over the incident.

Missing budget signifies indiscipline in Senate – Bisi Akande

Former National Chairman of the APC, Bisi Akande says report of the missing 2016 budget from the Senate is a reflection of the indiscipline that produced the current leadership of the Senate. Akande stated this while speaking at his residence at a ceremony leading to his 77th birthday on January 23rd.

“Nigeria’s budget is a huge document and one wonders how such document of that size could be missing in the senate. The development is fallout of indiscipline that brought the current leadership of the Senate into the position and as you know, that was not the choice of our party” he said

Celine Dion's brother dies of cancer days after her husband died

Celine Dion has suffered another family tragedy: Her brother Daniel Dion has died of cancer, days after her husband René Angélil succumbed to the same ailment.

The Canadian pop singer's rep confirmed the news to E! News on Saturday, hours after it was revealed Daniel suffered from cancer of the throat, tongue and brain and did not have long to live. He was one of Celine's 13 siblings.

Buhari will not know peace if Niger Delta knows no peace - Tompolo

In a statement which he released yesterday January 15th, embattled former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo said that President Buhari will know no peace if the Niger Delta region does not know peace. He said this while distancing himself from the recent incidents of pipelines being blown up in Delta state. Many believe the militants are protesting the court order granted by an Abuja judge for his arrest.

“Well, I am sure this is what President Buhari is looking for. He should allow the people of the Niger Delta Region to know peace, otherwise he will not know peace as well,” Tompolo said in the last paragraph of his statement issued by Paul Bebenimibo, his media aide.

Move over North West! Royalty Brown heads to Ballet class in style

Buhari departs for United Arab Emirates on Sunday

President Buhari will on Sunday, January 17th depart Nigeria for the United Arab Emirates on a three-day official visit. According to a statement by Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, President Buhari during his visit, will join the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi and other participants as a special guest of honour at this year’s edition of the World Future Energy Summit.

Sambo Dasuki son's house sealed by the EFCC (Photo)

Photos: Fatal accident leaves 2 dead in Alausa, Lagos

2 persons have been confirmed dead after a sewage truck rammed into
a Mercedes SUV at Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos this morning. The corpses have
been removed and normalcy has returned to the area. Continue...

Taiwan election: Tsai Ing-wen elected first female president

Taiwan’s ruling party has conceded defeat in the island's
presidential elections as opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen has been
elected the island’s first woman president. Ms Tsai, head of the
opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) recorded more than
4,655,000 votes while Eric Chu of the ruling Nationalists or Kuomintang
(KMT) had 2,614,000 votes.

Tekno to host 'Winners Circle' at G12Lounge this Sunday!

The youngest Tripple MG artist who has been making airwaves with
his hit songs 'Duro' and 'Wash' have constantly been courting the
headlines and entertainment circuit. Popularly called ' Chris
Brown' of Nigeria' due to his versatility of singing , dancing and also a
producer have attracted his beach fans and as such would be hosting
at G12bar in Oniru Beach.

Omawumi & hubby, Tosin Yussuf celebrate one year anniversary

Omawumi & Tosin Yussuf are marking their One Year Marriage Anniversary Today. The Award winning singer officially married her longtime
love and the father of her children - Tosin, at the Ikoyi Registry on
Friday, January 16, 2015. Celebrating them, her best friend and fellow
singer, Waje shared the photo above and wrote, 'Happy anniversary to
@omawonder and her boo... I'm somewhere In the pic. Love is a
beautiful thing.'

Indian boy cheats death after being impaled by four foot steel rod (graphic)

For 10-year-old Aman Vishwakarma from Uttar Pradesh, India,
his terrifying brush with death could be described as nothing less than
a miracle. The youngster cheated death when he fell off 12ft off a roof
and got impaled by a 4ft metal rod. The rod entered his body at the
thigh and exited through the back. Incredibly, it missed all vital
organs and only grazed his spine. The pics might be a bit graphic for some so viewer discretion advised as you continue...

LIB reader Bishop Dammy survives accident...shares his story with pics

What popular LIB commenter Bishop Dammy wrote below...

My testimony 2016#. Jehovah is the all powerful God, the devil is just a noise maker. On the 3rd of January 2016 while coming from Church (been on the mountain since 24th of December, it's a yearly routine)...I was heading home, just some few kilometres to my house, I had an accident, broke my right hand with nonstop bleeding on my head and other parts of my body

Oh dear! Man crashes £200k Ferrari (photos)

One unfortunate
driver lost control of his £200K Ferrari 458 Italia in wet snowy
conditions & crashed into a garden fence in Cyncoed, Cardiff. Thankfully, no one was hurt
but that's more than can be said of the supercar. The bonnet was completely crumpled in the collision leaving it mangled
and arching up, while the bumper was practically broken into two pieces. See more photos after the cut...

Beyond Blood film out in cinemas nationwide as celebrities attend exclusive premiere

On Thursday, January 14, 2016, Nollywood came to a standstill as the much awaited ‘Beyond Blood' Film was aired for the very first time at the exclusive premiere which held in Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island. See more photos after the cut...

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo and Victoria Secret supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio are the cover models for the February edition of GQ magazine, body edition.
They both have great bodies...
See more sexy photos of the pair after the jump...

Lassa Fever: 2 die in Ondo state, 30 people quarantined

Two people have died in Ondo state following an outbreak of Lassa fever in the stat. 30 people who had contact with the victims when alive, have been quarantined in order to curtail any
further spread.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dayo Adeyanju, and a team of
health workers had since Wednesday been moving across the local
governments of the state to raise awareness on the disease and educate
residents on measures to check the outbreak.

Tyson Fury steps out for lunch in customised £9000 fur coat

British heavyweight boxer, Tyson Fury, is up to his provocative ways
again. In a move sure to outrage animal rights campaigners, the
27-year-old boxer was pictured heading out to lunch in Manchester with a
male friend in a bold furry coat that is believed to made from
chinchilla fur. The grey knee-length coat is believed to be from New York label, Marc Kaufman and is said to cost £9,000 ($13,000).

Looks like militants are taking advantage of the call for the arrest Tompolo to cause mayhem in the Niger Delta region. Today, they continued with their bombing of
oil installations in Warri South West LGA of Delta. They
reportedly blew up the Abiteye flow station and Sagara to Chevron
pipelines.

Many residents of the area have fled while some are said to be trapped. Tompolo has since denied being involved in the bombings

See the Russian policeman who looks just like Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Di Caprio revealed some time ago that he is partly
Russian and the internet may just have found his long lost older cousin. An
unidentified Russian policeman who looks remarkably like the Hollywood
star was spotted and his picture shared to twitter by a Russian news
website.

Though he may be a bit more portly, the Russian guardsman clearly shares some similar features to the model-loving star. He has the same blue eyes and Leo's trademark disheveled
demeanor. His eyebrows are also remarkably similar.

When a person you claim is missing, claps back at you for lying...

Question of the day!

Photos from actress Ejine Okoroafo's birthday dinner

Hardworking actress and Producer, Ejine Okoroafo clocked a new age on Jan. 4th and celebrated it with a Dinner party at Orientals
Hotel for her close friends and family members. Amongst them were Tamara
Eteimo and Beverly Osu. See more photos after the cut...

TI's wife, Tiny shows off her 6 months pregnant belly on instagram

Former singer Tiny is expecting her 4th child and third with her rapper husband, T.I. She took to her instagram to share a pic of her in bed with her 6months baby bump. This will be T.1's 6th child. He has three from previous relationships, two with Tiny already and another one on the way! Tiny also has a daughter from a previous relationship! So this will be their seventh child total together!

Odion Ighalo wins Premier League player of the month

Nigerian international, and Watford player Odion Ighalo has been awarded the prize for
the best player in the English Premier League for the month of December. Hhe enjoyed a fruitful month in which he scored five goals including
crucial strikes against Norwich and Sunderland. He beat Mesut Ozil,
Marko Arnautovic, Riyad Mahrez, Romelu Lukaku and Dele Alli to the
award.

His coach, Quique Sanchez Flores was also acknowledged as the
coach of the month.

Singer K.Michelle claps back at fan over bleaching comment

The singer posted the pic above on her instagram page and a fan commented, saying she bleached. This got to her so she fired back at the fan.... Guess it's clap back season, lol. See her response after the cut...